handle bar q's

[so_rat]

i have an 80 gs550e, with custom straight aluminum bars on it. i would like to change them to more cafe style, and i was curious if the drag style two piece bars from an 83 would fit without any modification or possibly minimal extra parts? i have provided a link to an ebay auction showing the prospective bars.

thanks and i'll add pics of my bike soon!

adam

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Suzuki-GS-450-550-650-GS550es-GS550-Grips-Handle-Bars_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ35587QQihZ006QQitemZ160147248394QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[LeeGS550E]

i have an 80 gs550e, with custom straight aluminum bars on it. i would like to change them to more cafe style, and i was curious if the drag style two piece bars from an 83 would fit without any modification or possibly minimal extra parts? i have provided a link to an ebay auction showing the prospective bars.

thanks and i'll add pics of my bike soon!

adam

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Suzuk...spagenameZWDVW

Adam,
Welcome to the forum!

As far as this question is concerned, I don't believe those bars will fit on your 550. The later 550E's (from 83 to 86) used those 'clip on' style bars which clamp around the top of the forks and have an allen bolt that threads into the top of the tripple clamp. The earlier 550E's used a top tripple tree with more conventional early-type bar clamps that would clamp around a 7/8" handle bar. You could certainly work out a way to make those later bars work, but it would not take you in the direction of a 'cafe' bike. Those bars would be a full 3" or more above your tripple clamp and would look sort of goofy. Hopefully you can post a picture so we can see if your bike has been modified. I am thinking that you should just get a straightforward 7/8" drag bar that'll run you $15 on ebay.

Hope this helps.

Lee

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